Kuzma: From last to 7th, Canucks mastering art of the draw

[rizzuto&hatoum]

Is it Manny only? Doug Jarvis was one of the best faceoff guys in his day. And I wonder if he was the model for that Bowman quote.

[Mattrek]

All credit deservedly goes to Manny Malholtra for our incredible improvement in the face off circle. A brilliant addition to the Canucks team who continues to help us win games even after he was forced to retire. Love the guy.

[iinatcc]

5 hours ago, Davathor said:

I hope kesler and bieksa both get hat tricks

 

Only if Vancouver scores 7 goals or more in the game

 

And Kesler crying at the end

[alfstonker]

10 hours ago, mpt said:

Or our change is due to Henrik not having a broken hand, Sutter actually in the lineup, Horvat still doing strong and we don't have a plug as a 3rd line center going 35% in the faceoffs like McCann did.  

 

A healthy roster helps

 

Don't forget Chaput.

[Baggins]

Is it any surprise we were last in 15/16 considering the circumstances? Sutter - out. Henrik - playing injured and having to drop to his knees to take face-offs. Vey - has never reached 45% in the NHL (now gone). McCann - a 34% rookie who showed virtually no improvement over the entire season at face-offs (now gone) and his percentage alone would bring a team average down. Gaunce and Granlund only played a combined 36 games. Horvat was our only healthy (and decent) center the whole season.

 

As much as I like Malhotra, and see him here as a positive, I don't think you can give him 100% credit for the turnaround. Changed circumstances has played a bigger role in it.

[gerry35]

9 hours ago, baumerman77 said:

It's a little early in the season for this article. 

So it's a bit early for this but not the myriad of articles saying how they are terrible from the usual suspects? It's nice to hear a little balance once and a while.......